Weather shield for motor cars



sept. 7,1926. 1,599,246

H. J. RANGER WEATHER SHIELD FOR MOTOR cARs Filed oct. 1d, 1922 yi, d

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Patented?" Sept. 7, 1926.

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to the shields used for protecting the occupants of a rear seat, and which are generally fitted to the back of the front seat to project upwards thereon and across the front of the rear seat occupants, at about the level of their heads. The invention has been devised in order to provide a newandsimple vconstruction of such an appliance that will allow of it being folded into small space and stowed within the usual receptaclev of a car seat or other convenient place, 'when itV is not required for use. It has alsov ybeen devised with the object of providing special means for mounting it in position and for operating it when it is in place, in combination with the opening and closing of the car tonneau doors.

The construction of weather shield devised and the manner of operating it are shown in the accompanying drawing and will be hereinafter fully described in relation to such drawings, in which- Figure l is a sketch plan of the body of a motor car showing the shield fitted in itsv operative position. o

Figure 2 is a cross vsectional elevation thereof looking at the rear of the front seat and showing one of the rear doors opened. The shield, as formed in accordance with this invention, is made up' of two panels or frames A and B of equal size and o f similar shape, each enclosing a sheet of mica, glass, or other approved transparent material generally used in the construction of weather shields. These two frames are hinge jointed together so as to be capable of extending Vend to endY in a continuous plane or of folding in one upon the other7 or of occupying positions at any angle between these positions, by swivelling their adjacent ends upon a vertical hinge pin C. The two portions A and B are made of such a length that their combined length will allow for them spreading across the full width of the car, and of such a height that when the shield is in position, they will eX- tend sufficiently above the top of the front seat back as to afford the required protection to the occupants of the 'rear seat.

The shield thus formed is adapted in use to be positioned so thatitstwo members eX- tend rearwards in wide V fashion from the middle of the front seat to positions above the respeilve .ends of the back seat in the For. Moron sans] 593,542,` anu in' Nee'lz'eiana Tune 24, "1922,: i

manner shown lthe 4*full lines' in yFigure l so that when the shield has thef'usual dei pendent curtains attached' toits lower edges,

`an effective weather shield is provided having outwardly v defiecting surfaces for deflectlng air currents from the faces and bodies of the occupants whiletheir vision is ren dered clear by the transparency oftheframc filling. y

The means for holding the Ashield in this position comprise means whereby the hinge Y ends of the shield are fitted to the centre` of the front seat` back so that the two members may swing on their pivot'pin C to assumeany of the positionsl described. They also comprise means for use with cars having'the rear doors opening forwardly on -their hinges, whereby the respective outer ends of the two members may be attached to the corresponding doors so that they will swing forwardly out of the way when the rdoors open, and will move back intoy V form when the doors close again. i

l:Che means devised for effecting this object consist of the central ysupport in a bracket sleeve bearing E that is vfixed to eX- tend vertically on the back of the front seat F and into which the lower end of a downward extension C of the hinge pin Cr fits so Yas to keep the hinge pin rigidly in the vertical position required. each member of the shield is then stayed or supported by a cranked upright bar G the upper end of which is fitted into a bearing H fixed to the bottom of the frame and the 'fof Theouter end of lower end of which fits into a bracket .l Y

that is secured tothe inside of the 4door K. The crank rod swivels in the bearings into which its ends fit, so that it acts as a stay to hold the shield frame rigid and will permit of the door opening and closing freely, the outer end of the frame swinging forwardly as the door opens as showninthe" ease of the left hand door by the dotted llines in Figure l and by the full lines in Figure 2, and rearwardly -again as the door c is closed.

Thewhole shield may be quickly removed i by merely lifting it out of its bearings on the car, the stays G or M removed and the shield proper folded together on its hinge joint for stowing away in the desired receptacle. When required for use it may just as readily be assembledv inwerking position. I claimK:-' Y v, o @n eombnationwith a motor carhaving Viront and rear seats and swinging side doors, a Weather shield comprising two `framed panel members jointed end to end upon a straight hinge pin, a vertically disposed sleeve fixed to the front seat of the ear, and adapted to receive a straight downward ex tension ofthe said hinge pin, a bearing prow vided near :the free end of each of the said panel members, a bracket on tlie inside of 'Hf each of the said'swinging side doors, and

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a oraiilisshaped upright bar fitting with t-s ends into the said bearing andbracket, am pivotally connecting the free end of er1-@i1 panel member with the *Corresponding sid door, soas to allow the said doors to we 5 freely moved into open orl closed position.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signa HENRY iJAMEs RANGERY 

